Those stopped existing when it became cheaper to just throw the whole thing out and buy a new one

Just a thief?? That’s creative, solution seeking, and ecologically conscious problem solving right there

They don’t think about endgame. The life they live is one without consequence; they have no intention to start thinking ahead, that’d make them uncomfortable.

Also, this endgame is already manifesting. Remember all those headlines about millennials killing “X” industry? Less wealth in the working class for luxuries that previous generations would have enjoyed at the same age. Before long it’ll be not enough wealth for certain luxuries outright.